Code,951019
Subject,Jack Bialasky Sr.
Date,11/6/2006
Interviewer,Nina Gibans
Abstract,"Jack Bialasky Sr. grew up in Cleveland Heights and has worked as an architect in Cleveland since the beginning of the 1950s. In this 2006 interview, Bialasky talks about running his own architecture firm in the city and some of the projects he has worked on, elaborating on issues surrounding his firm's work in building houses in Shaker Heights.  Bialasky also discusses the historical development of Cleveland's Euclid Avenue and offers his take on other parts of the city's development, addressing mistakes made on the lakefront and stressing the need to attract need residents to the city.  Another topic touched on is the practice of architecture in the computer-age and the effects this has had on the newest generations of architects."
Special Notes,architecture
minutes:,
0,introduction and background
1,early interest in architecture; growing up in cleveland heights
2,education
3,
4,military service and training; education
5,
6,
7,early interest in architecture
8,"Bialasky architectural firm: history, location"
9,projects
10,"expansion, relocation, partners (including information about sons)"
11,
12,
13,
14,"Euclid avenue/Millionaires Row:  demolition of mansions, department store service"
15,"Downtown Subway Plan, 1948:  ""[not building subway was] cleveland's biggest mistake"""
16,"Euclid Corridor Transportation Project:  evaluation and prospects, alternative plans"
17,
18,relation to University Circle
19,"Cleveland, architecture:"
20,"churches, bridges"
21,failed housing development plan (1950s)
22,"Cleveland Municipal Stadium:  history, memories, renovation project"
23,"Lake Front:  ""it has to be turned into what Chicago has [on their lake front]"""
24,"Cleveland, urban issues:  housing, education, recreation"
25,"current redevelopment plans, prospects for the future"
26,
27,"Shaker Heights, Architecture:  barriers to building modern-style housing"
28,
29,"the birth of the ""removeable mullion"""
30,
31,historic architecture
32,
33,other architects struggle to build in shaker heights
34,Bialasky architectural firm: favorite projects
35,Architecture:  thoughts on interior decorators
36,impact of computers on architectural field/architectural education
37,
38,
39,"theory and practice, personal history"
40,Frank Gehry
41,"""you have to learn how to draw, and you have to learn how to build"""
42,Euclid Corridor Transportation Project:  prospects
43,Bialasky architectural firm: Cleveland Clinic Hotel (demolished)
44,Bon Court Hotel
45,
46,"Architecture:  city politics, building preservation, building materials"
47,
48,
49,Bob Stark (developer):  future development plans
50,"Y District, Eaton Place, Crocker Park"
51,Bialasky architectural firm
52,end